Glossary.

Letter S

SACRIFICIAL
reverent, as words used in religious worship
SACRING-BELL
the little bell rung at mass to give notice that the elements are consecrated
SAD
serious
SADLY
seriously
SADNESS
seriousness
SAFE
to make safe
SAG
to hang down
SALT
lascivious
SALT
taste
SANDED
marked with yellow spots
SANS
without
SAUCY
lascivious
SAW
a moral saying
SAY
silken
SAY
assay, taste, relish
SCAFFOLDAGE
the gallery of a theatre
SCALD
scurvy, scabby
SCALE
to weigh in scales
SCALL
a scab, a word of reproach
SCAMBLE
to scramble
SCAMEL
probably a misprint for sea-mel, sea-mew
SCAN
to examine subtly
SCANT
to cut short, to spare
SCANT
scanty, short
scarcely
SCANTLING
a small portion
SCAPE
to escape
SCAPE
a sally
SCATHE
injury
SCATHE
to injure
SCATHFUL
destructive
SCONCE
the head
SCOTCH
to bruise or cut slightly
SCRIMER
a fencer
SCROYLE
a scabby fellow
SCULL
a shoal of fish
SCURVY
scabby; metaph. mean
SEAL
to set one's seal to a deed; hence, to confirm
SEAM
fat
SEAMY
showing the seam or sewing
SEAR
scorched, withered
SEAR
to stigmatise
SEARCH
to probe; hence, to apply a healing remedy
SEATED
fixed, confirmed
SECT
a slip or scion
A political party
SECURELY
inconsiderately
SEEL
to close
SEELING
closing, blinding
SEEMING
seemly, becomingly
SEEMING
outward manner and appearance
SEEN
versed, instructed
SELD
seldom
SELF-BOUNTY
native goodness
SEMBLABLY
alike
SENIORY
seniority
SENNET
a flourish of trumpets
SEPULCHRE
to bury
SEQUESTRATION
separation
SERE
dry
SERJEANT
a bailiff
SERPIGO
a cutaneous disease
her service, or be her servant
SETEBOS
the name of a fiend
SETTER
one who watches travellers to give information to thieves
SEVERAL
land which is not common but appropriated
SHAME
to be ashamed
SHAME
modesty
SHARDS
shreds, broken fragments of pottery
SHARDS
the wing cases of beetles; hence 'sharded,' and 'shard-borne,'
SHARKED
snatched up, as a shark does his prey
SHEEN
brilliancy
SHEER
pure
Unmixed
SHENT
rebuked, blamed
Hurt
proclamations were fixed
SHIVE
slice
SHOT
the reckoning at an ale-house
SHOUGHS
shaggy dogs
SHOULDERED
plunged
SHOVEL-BOARD
game played by sliding metal pieces along a board at a mark
SHREWD
mischievous
SHRIFT
confession
Absolution
SHRIVE
to confess
SHRIVING-TIME
time for confession
SHROUD
to enshroud oneself, cover oneself up
SIDE-SLEEVES
loose hanging sleeves
SIEGE
seat
Stool
Rank
SIGHT
an aperture in a helmet
SIGHTLESS
invisible
Unsightly
SIGN
to give an omen
SILLY
simple, rustic
SIMULAR
counterfeit, feigned
SINGLE
feeble
SIR
a title applied to a bachelor of arts at the Universities
SITH
since
SITHENCE
since
SIZES
allowances
SKAINS-MATES
scapegraces
SKILL
to be of importance
SKILLESS
ignorant
SKIMBLE-SKAMBLE
rambling, disjointed
SKINKER
a drawer of liquor
SKIRR
to scour
SLACK
slacken
SLAVE
to turn to slavish uses
SLEAVE
floss-silk
SLEDDED
sledged
SLEIDED
untwisted, raw, applied to silk
(Gower)
SLEIGHTS
artifices
SLIPPER
slippery
SLIPS
a kind of noose, or leash
A piece of base money
SLIVER
to slice
SLIVER
a slice
SLOPS
loose breeches
SLUBBER
to slur over
SMIRCHED
smeared, soiled
SMOOTH
to flatter
SMOOTHED
flattered, fawned upon
SNEAP
taunt, sarcasm
SNEAPED
pinched
SNECK-UP
go hang!
SNUFF
anger
'To take in snuff' is to take offence
SOFTLY
gently
SOIL
spot, taint
SOLICIT
solicitation
SOLIDARE
a small coin
SOLVE
solution
SOMETIMES
formerly
SOOTH
truth
Conciliation
SOOTH
true
SOREL
a buck of the third year
SORRIEST
most sorrowful
SORRY
sorrowful, dismal
SORT
a company
Rank, condition
Lot
'In a sort,' in a manner
SORT
to choose
to suit
To consort
SOT
fool
SOUL-FEARING
soul-terrifying
SOWL
to lug, drag
SOWTER
name of a dog
SPECIALLY
a special contract
SPED
settled, done for
SPEED
fortune
SPERR
to bolt, fasten
SPIAL
spy
SPILL
to destroy
SPILTH
spilling
SPLEEN
violent haste
Used of the lightning flash
SPRAG
quick
SPRING
shoot, bud
Beginning
SPRINGHALT
stringhalt, a disease of horses
SPRITED
haunted
SPURS
roots of trees
SQUANDERED
scattered
SQUARE
to quarrel
SQUARE
the front part of a woman's dress, stomacher
SQUARE
equitable
SQUARER
quarreller
SQUASH
an unripe peascod
SQUIER
a square or rule
SQUINY
to squint
STAGGERS
a disease in horses, attended with giddiness: hence any bewildering distress
STAIN
to disfigure
STALE
a decoy
A gull
A prostitute
STALE
to make stale, deprive anything of its
freshness
STAND UPON
to be incumbent on
STANIEL
an inferior kind of hawk
STARK
stiff
STARKLY
stiffly
STATE
a canopied chair
STATION
attitude
Act of standing
STATIST
a statesman
STATUA
a statue
STATUE
image, picture
STATUTE
security, obligation
STATUTE-CAPS
woollen caps worn by citizens
STAY
a cheque
STEAD
to profit
STEELED
set or fixed
STERNAGE
steerage, course
STICKLER
an arbitrator in combats
STIGMATIC
a deformed person
STIGMATICAL
deformed
STILL
constant
STILL
constantly
STILLY
softly
STINT
to stop
to stop
STITHY
a smith's forge
STITHY
to forge
STOCCADO
a stoccata, or thrust in fencing
STOCK
a stocking
STOMACH
courage, stubbornness
Appetite, inclination
STONE-BOW
a cross-bow for throwing stones
STOUP
a cup
STOUT
strong, healthy
STOVER
fodder
STRACHY
A word of doubtful meaning
STRAIGHT
immediately
STRAIN
lineage
Disposition
STRAITED
straitened
STRANGE
foreign
Coy, reserved
Marvellous
STRANGENESS
coyness, reserve
STRANGER
foreigner
STRAPPADO
a kind of punishment
STRICTURE
strictness
STROSSERS
trowsers
STUCK
a thrust of a sword
STUCK IN
corruption of stoccata
STUFF
baggage
Material, substance
STUFFED
filled, stored
STY
to lodge as in a sty
SUBSCRIBE
to yield
to succumb
SUCCESS
issue, consequence
Succession
SUCCESSIVE
succeeding
SUCCESSIVELY
in succession
SUDDEN
hasty, rash
SUDDENLY
hastily
SUFFERANCE
suffering
SUGGEST
to tempt, entice
SUGGESTION
temptation, enticement
SUITED
dressed
SULLEN
doleful, melancholy
SUMPTER
a horse that carries provisions on a journey
SUPPOSE
a trick, imposition
SUPPOSED
counterfeit
SURCEASE
to cease
SURCEASE
cessation, end
SURPRISE
to capture by surprise
SUR-REINED
over-worked
SUSPECT
suspicion
SUSPIRE
to breathe
SWABBER
a sweeper of the deck of a ship
SWARTH
black
SWARTH
quantity of grass cut down by one sweep of the scythe
SWASHER
swaggerer
SWASHING
dashing, smashing
SWATH
The same as 'swarth.'
SWATHLING
swaddling
SWAY
to move on
SWEAR
to adjure
SWEAR OVER
to out-swear
SWIFT
ready, quick
SWINGE-BUCKLER
a bully
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